TODD Company Profile
Established in 1988, TODD Chart Agency Limited is a family owned company which has grown to become the largest retailer of nautical charts and books in Ireland, and one of the largest in the United Kingdom. Managing Director, Capt. William Todd, states that the aim of the company is to supply a fast, cost effective and quality chart service both to Merchant Shipping and to the leisure market.
We are an International Admiralty Chart Distributor, appointed by the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO). As such, we hold a world-wide stock of fully corrected British Admiralty standard charts and an extensive selection of nautical books and publications. We are also the United Kingdom agent for the Icelandic Hydrographic Service.
For the yachtsman we stock a large range of Imray Paper Charts and Admiralty Leisure Charts, together with books by Adlard Coles Nautical, Wiley Nautical, Seafarer Books, Almanacs, Log Books, etc.
For merchant shipping we stock books by IMO, ITU, International Chamber of Shipping, Brown, Son & Ferguson, OCIMF, etc.
Electronic Chart sales are increasing steadily year on year, as yachtsmen compliment their paper charts with electronic charts, either raster or vector. We are an Admiralty ARCS Skipper and Navigator distributor, as well as being a programming centre for C-MAP NT+, C-MAP MAX, and Garmin Bluechart vector charts. We stock a supply of Navionics Gold and Platinum charts. We are retailers of software for electronic charts by Euronav, PC Maritime, Seatrack, and MaxSea.
Our company has staff who are experienced in various marine backgrounds.
Capt. William Todd, MNI, B.Sc. (Geography), holds a Foreign Going Master Mariners Certificate of Competency and has been a Marine Pilot. Brian Miller has experience in the Royal Navy, and Terry Stephenson is a retired Harbour Master. We employ 8 full-time and 3 part-time staff, including 3 UK Hydrographic Office trained chart correctors.
Above - Staff at the opening of the extension to our premises on 23 June 2009. Front row from left: Martina Smith (Notices to Mariners despatch), Don Belton (Goods Inwards), Marion Letters (Office Manageresss, Paper Products), Gillian Todd (accounts), and William Todd (Managing Director). Back row from left: Danny Mulligan (Chart Corrector), Brian Miller (Digital Products Manager), Andrew Kennedy (Chart Corrector & Leisure Digital Products). Not shown: Terry Stephenson (Goods Outwards).
Our showroom is located at Navigation House, 85 High Street, Bangor, just a few minutes walk from award winning Bangor Marina, the second largest marina in Ireland. Why not visit us, and see for yourself our extensive range of charts and books - we're not just a virtual bookshop!
Finally, the company is an ISO 9001 quality assured firm, with a defined quality policy, quality objectives, and documented company procedures.
